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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2018, 4:15 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2018, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
683
WFUS54 KEWX 312115
TOREWX
TXC021-287-312145-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0013.181031T2115Z-181031T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
415 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Bastrop County in south central Texas...
Central Lee County in south central Texas...
* Until 445 PM CDT
* At 414 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Paige, or 9 miles west of Giddings, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Dime Box, Fedor, Paige, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway,
Hills, Leo, Old Dime Box, Lincoln, Manheim and Loebau.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3017 9708 3025 9715 3047 9690 3046 9690
3046 9688 3043 9687 3043 9685 3042 9682
3027 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 237DEG 25KT 3022 9709
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
493
WWUS54 KEWX 312135
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
435 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
TXC021-312143-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-181031T2145Z/
Bastrop TX-
435 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
and moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled for east central Bastrop County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
Texas.
LAT...LON 3020 9702 3028 9708 3047 9690 3046 9690
3046 9688 3043 9687 3043 9685 3042 9682
3027 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 237DEG 25KT 3029 9697
$$
TXC287-312145-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-181031T2145Z/
Lee TX-
435 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LEE COUNTY...
At 433 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fedor, or 7 miles north of Giddings, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Dime Box, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway, Leo, Old Dime Box,
Lincoln, Manheim and Loebau.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3020 9702 3028 9708 3047 9690 3046 9690
3046 9688 3043 9687 3043 9685 3042 9682
3027 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 237DEG 25KT 3029 9697
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 25 min |
| Oct 31, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 16 min |
| Oct 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 48 min |
| Oct 31, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lee | 33 min |
| Oct 31, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 39 min |
| Oct 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 57 min |
| Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 20 min |
| Oct 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 80 min |
| Oct 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Hays | 54 min |
| Oct 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.